Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.
| Robin Roberts | Stat | Jim Palmer |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Seasons | 19 |
| 140.6 | Career VAL | 126.6 |
| 15.8 (1952) | Peak-season VAL | 16.8 (1975) |
| Inducted 1976 | Hall of Fame | Inducted 1990 |
| 7× | All-Star Selections | 6× |
| — | Cy Young Awards | 3× |
| — | Gold Gloves | 4× |
| 4 | Black ink (league-leading seasons) | 1 |
| 12 | Gray ink (top-10 finishes) | 11 |
VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (MLB VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 1950 on.
| Robin Roberts | Stat | Jim Palmer |
|---|---|---|
| Career | ||
| 688 | Games | 576 |
| Batting | ||
| 255 | Hits | 85 |
| 5 | Home runs | 3 |
| 103 | RBI | 41 |
| 107 | Runs | 52 |
| 3 | Stolen bases | 1 |
| 135 | ||
| Walks |
|---|
| 16 |
| .167 | Batting avg | .174 |
|---|
| .238 | On-base % | .200 |
|---|
| .226 | Slugging % | .215 |
|---|
| 29 | OPS+ | 22 |
|---|
| Pitching | ||
|---|---|---|
| 286 | Wins | 268 |
| 245 | Losses | 152 |
| 25 | Saves | 4 |
| 4688.2 | Innings pitched | 3948.0 |
| 2,357 | Strikeouts (pitching) | 2,212 |
| 3.41 | ERA | 2.86 |
| 1.17 | WHIP | 1.18 |
| 115 | ERA+ | 129 |
| Age | Robin Roberts | Jim Palmer |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | — | 0.8 |
| 20 | — | 1.6 |
| 21 | 2.8 | 0.4 |
| 22 | 6.3 | — |
| 23 | 11.2 | 7 |
| 24 | 12.8 | 12.7 |
| 25 | 15.8 | 7.4 |
| 26 | 15.5 | 8.2 |
| 27 | 13.6 | 12.3 |
| 28 | 10.9 | 3.5 |
| 29 | 4.6 | 16.8 |
| 30 | 3.6 | 11.6 |
| 31 | 8.6 | 14 |
| 32 | 5.1 | 11.3 |
| 33 | 4.8 | 5.7 |
| 34 | 0 | 2.6 |
| 35 | 8.4 | 1.3 |
| 36 | 5.1 | 8.7 |
| 37 | 5.5 | 0.7 |
| 38 | 6 | — |
| 39 | 0 | — |